May 13

Feasts

Virgin-Martyr Glyceria at Heraclea, Propontis (ca.138-161);
Martyr Laodicius, jailer of Saint Glyceria (ca.138-161)
Saint Theoctistus, monk from Tekoa, Palestine;
Saint Pausicacius, Bishop of Synnada (606);
Saint Nicephoros, Presbyter of the monastery of Ephapsios;
Saint Sergius (George) the Confessor of Constantinople, with his wife Irene and children (ca.829-842);
Saint Euthymius the New (the Illuminator) (1028), founder of Iveron Monastery, and his fellow Georgian saints of Mount Athos: his father monk-martyr John of Iveron (998), his cousin monk-martyr George of Iveron (1065), and monk-martyr Gabriel of Iveron who took the Holy Icon "Portaitissa" from the sea (10th c.);
Saint Abban of Ireland, baptized in 165 AD, missionary in Abingdon, Oxfordshire (2nd c.);
Martyr Alexander of Rome (284-305);
Saint Valerian of Auxerre, third Bishop of Auxerre, and defender of Orthodoxy against Arianism (350);
Saint Onesimus of Gaul, fifth Bishop of Soissons in France (361);
Saint Servatius, Bishop of Tongres, defender against Arianism in the Netherlands (384);
Saint Agnes of Poitiers, chosen by St. Radegund to be Abbess of Holy Cross at Poitiers in France (588);
Saint Mael (Mahel), Ascetic on the Isle of Bardsey (6th c.);
Saint Natalis (Natale), Bishop of Milan in Italy (751);
Saint Anno (Hanno, Annon), Bishop of Verona in Italy (780);
Saint Merwenna of Rumsey (Merwinna, Merewenna), first Abbess of Rumsey convent, in Hampshire (ca.970);
Blessed Fortis Gabrielli, Ascetic (1040);
Venerable monk-martyrs of Iveron Monastery, martyred by the Latins (1259, or 1276-1280);
Repose of Saint Macarius, Abbot of Glushitsa Monastery, Vologda (1480);
Righteous Virgin Glyceria of Novgorod (1522);
New Hieromartyrs Basil, Alexander and Christopher, Hieromartyr Macarius and Martyr Sergius (1922);
103 New Hieromartyrs of Cherkassk (Cherkas') (20th c.);
Other Commemorations:
Consecration of the Monastery of Panagia Pantanassa (Most-Holy Queen of All), on the small island of Hagia Glykeria (Incirli Adasi) in the Bay of Tuzla (12th c.);
Translation of the relics (1688) of Hieromartyr Saint Macarius, Archimandrite of Ovruch and Pinsk, from Kaniv to Pereyaslavl (1678);
Repose of righteous Priest Alexis of Bortsurmany, disciple of St. Seraphim of Sarov (1848);
Repose of Rassophore Monk John, of St. Nilus of Sora Monastery (1863);
Repose of Eldress Sepfora of Klykovo (1997).